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The emphasis given to fostering pollinators has had a side effect: exacerbating a conflict already rife among gardeners.

Typically, we spend these hot days rushing around with hoses, trying to quench the thirst of our plants. According to the latest climate research, summer is only going to get more challenging, too, here in the Northeast.

Among the many worthy works Berkshire Botanical Garden engages in beyond its botanic borders in Stockbridge, Mass., is this weekly assemblage of positivity at the headquarters of Blue Q.

What surprised me was the response of online readers to my story. Most indicated amusement; many asserted that Nature hates lawns and that it was sending me a message to plant something else. 

I’m not partial to the use of pesticides. As a rule, if a plant in my garden cannot survive without them, I replace it with something else. However ...

Until recently, my understanding of naturally based gardening has been plant-centric and frankly reactionary.

We have a new neighbor and friend here at Berkshire Botanical Garden. Scott Lambert, along with his five siblings, has donated 3.46 acres to us. 

Congratulations to BBG’s Madeline Hooper, who with personal fitness trainer Jeff Hughes has created “GardenFit,” a new TV series that premiered on PBS in March.

A comprehensive installation of Hunt Slonem’s signature artwork featuring bunnies, butterflies, tropical birds and orchids.

Curated by Sue Muskat and Phil Knoll, "Shimmer" brings light to dark times.

An exhibition of nature-inspired work by Community Access To Arts (CATA) artists with disabilities.

Berkshire artist Madeline Schwartzman's anthropocentric practice aims to create a crack in human awareness and serve as an antidote to passivity and inaction surrounding the future of nature.

For the first time in his 50-year career, Berkshire resident Nicholas Mongiardo presented a solo show of his signature lacquerwork at Berkshire Botanical Garden’s Leonhardt Galleries.